Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Louisville, KY

Issued

Apr 16, 1998, 3:09 PM CDT (20:09 UTC)

Expired

Apr 16, 1998, 3:40 PM CDT

In force

31 min

Issued by

NWS Louisville, KY

Area

Whole counties

County Logan County, KY

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

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TTAA00 KSDF 162009 RRA
SVRSDF
KYC141-162040-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
409 PM EDT (309 PM CDT) THU APR 16 1998

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  LOGAN COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 340 PM CDT (440 PM EDT)

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  LEWISBURG BY 330 PM CDT
  ANDERSON BY 340 PM CDT

* AT 308 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES
NORTHWEST OF SHARON GROVE IN TODD COUNTY...OR 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BOWLING GREEN. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE OR IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS AND STAY OFF THE TELEPHONE
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE NOTICE.

JA/CS

In the hours before

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0625 AM    LEXINGTON                 KY   POWER LINES DOWN AROUND
04/16/98   FAYETTE                        AIRPORT.  NUMEROUS TREES
                                          ACROSS RICHMOND RD...HWY 60.

WAIDLEY

KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-INZ076-079-083-
084-089>092-170900-

CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
330 PM EDT  THURSDAY  APRIL 16, 1998

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A MODERATE RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND
SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

...THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION...

A COLD FRONT ACROSS WESTERN PARTS OF KENTUCKY AND INDIANA WILL SWEEP
SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. WARM MOIST AIR WILL BE DRAWN
NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THE FRONT. AS THE FRONT APPROACHES...NUMEROUS
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ERUPT ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA THROUGH THE EVENING.

SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE AIR ALONG WITH STRONG WIND SHEAR IN THE
ATMOSPHERE WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS...AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST CELLS.

THIS IS A PRELIMINARY OUTLOOK.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. SKYWARN
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY.

KOCH

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.